This Oracle tutorial explains how to use the Oracle/PLSQL LPAD function with syntax and examples. The Oracle/PLSQL LPAD function pads the left-side of a string with a specific set of characters (when string1 is not null). The syntax for the LPAD function in Oracle/PLSQL is:
The Ides of March is a phrase derived from the Latin idus, a term marking the 15th day of March, July and October as well as the 13th day of other months in the Roman calendar year, and the Latin martii, âMarch,â which is derived from the Latin Mars, the Roman god of war.
The Nones fell on day 7, with days 8â14 âbefore the Idesâ and the 15th as the Ides. Afterward the days were counted as âbefore the Kalendsâ of the next month. In shorter months these days were shifted accordingly. You have probably heard of the Ides of March, however, because it is the day Roman statesman Julius Caesar was assassinated. The immortal words âBeware the Ides of Marchâ are uttered in William Shakespeareâs Julius Caesar to the leader by a fortune-teller. Other bad things have happened on March 15, of course, but thereâs probably no reason to beware Marchâs Ides more than the Ides of any other month.